newbobooks Chapter 335 The Advantages of Time Travel! I, the Crown Prince of Handong, cannot possibly be defeat
Chapter 335 The Advantages of Time Travel! I, the Crown Prince of Handong, cannot possibly be defeat
"Fight your way out!"
Zhao Lichun gazed into the distance and sighed deeply.
"Six simple words, yet they describe it perfectly!"
"In the past two years, 2000 and 2001, our country's economy has developed rapidly, and people's income has continued to grow."
"Both the production and sales of automobiles have shown a strong growth trend, with production and sales approaching 250 million vehicles."
"However, of these two million units of production and sales, FAW Group, Dongfeng Heavy Truck Group, and Tianhai Automobile Group account for more than 48%."
"What about the remaining 100 car companies? It seems that each company's average production and sales volume is still more than 10,000, but in reality, some car companies are definitely being averaged out."
"In other words, there must be a considerable number of car companies that have not produced a single complete vehicle and are surviving solely by selling spare parts and receiving local subsidies."
"Against this backdrop, what our automotive industry should do most is integrate its superior resources and enhance its technological capabilities. But what about some people? They just want to be compradors!"
After taking the last puff of his cigarette, Zhao Lichun leaned forward and stubbed it out.
"Since January 1st of this year, our Dragon Country has officially joined the WTO, and foreign car brands have been accelerating their entry into the domestic market."
"Many automakers, such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Honda, Toyota, and Nissan, are trying to build or expand joint venture factories in China."
"As these joint venture factories are established one after another and more and more joint venture models are launched, our domestic car companies will face greater competitive pressure."
Zhao Ruilong smiled coldly.
"Throughout history, foreign invaders are not to be feared, but internal traitors are the most hateful!"
"They are not unaware that the market-for-technology approach is not suitable for the automotive industry."
“They know very well that since the 1980s, we have been developing joint venture brands and building joint venture factories, and what has been the result?”
"Others simply won't transfer advanced technology; they only want to exploit our cheap labor to produce technologically backward but expensive joint venture cars, thereby reaping huge profits."
"After so many years, it hasn't really helped the development of our automotive industry. We are still dependent on others for core technologies of gasoline-powered vehicles. Instead, it has only enriched a large group of profit-driven lackeys."
Zhao Lichun chuckled.
"Forget about core components like engines and transmissions, even their logos are imported from abroad. How can a joint venture car company help our automotive industry progress?"
"But some people don't care. They think that being able to bring internationally renowned car companies to invest and build factories in China is a great achievement. They're even fighting tooth and nail to become compradors."
"As a result, ordinary people have to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy a Jetta, Bora, or Santana; over two hundred thousand yuan for a Passat; three hundred thousand yuan for an Accord; nearly four hundred thousand yuan for a Buick Century; and hundreds of thousands of yuan for a Mercedes-Benz, BMW, or Audi."
"Are these cars really worth that much money? I don't think so at all. The reason they're so expensive and so high-priced is simply because they don't treat consumers like human beings at all. They're just like leeks to be harvested at will!"
Zhao Ruilong smiled without saying a word.
History is always strikingly similar.
In the world before the time travel, before the rise of domestic cars, joint venture cars were also overpriced.
Moreover, in addition to inflated prices, domestic consumers are often discriminated against.
The same car model from the same brand can have different build quality, materials, and after-sales service depending on whether it's sold in China or other countries.
As a result, domestic consumers, despite spending more money, end up with cars that are poorly made and use inferior materials, and it is much more difficult to seek redress, as car manufacturers rarely initiate recalls.
This has forced owners of some luxury car brands to resort to collectively displaying banners, sitting on car hoods, and exposing their violations through the internet and media in order to protect their rights.
So who caused this?
Besides the fact that foreigners looked down on the Chinese, the compradors also made a great contribution.
Moreover, many unfair situations actually involve people bullying each other.
For example, they take advantage of certain consumers who buy cars only for the brand logo or to show off.
They make the exterior and interior look beautiful, but in the unseen parts, they drastically reduce features and cut costs.
To maximize profits, simply reducing features is not enough; various disguised price increases are also necessary to secure delivery.
While some consumers who only look at the car brand and spend huge sums of money just to show off deserve to be fleeced, the way joint venture brands are behaving is really too ugly.
Later, who made joint venture cars less exclusive?
Who made joint venture car manufacturers stop cutting corners and raising prices, and instead launch new models with better configurations and materials, and even lower prices to promote sales?
It's a domestically produced car!
The rise of increasingly competitive and cost-effective domestic new energy vehicles has forced joint venture automakers to increase features, lower prices, and improve services.
This has led to a continuous drop in the prices of joint venture cars that used to cost two or three hundred thousand yuan, or even several hundred thousand yuan, with prices even being halved.
And now...
In early 2002 in China.
Domestic cars are still far from competitive, while joint venture cars are flooding the market.
If nothing is changed, history will inevitably repeat itself.
Before the rapid rise of domestic cars, the Chinese people will inevitably be bullied and plundered.
Now that I, Zhao Ruilong, have traveled through time, I will not allow history to repeat itself.
By leveraging the advantages of time travelers, we can take the lead in developing new energy vehicles and enable the rise of domestic cars.
Even if it is controversial and criticized, and attacked, cursed, and smeared by comprador colonists.
Even without new energy vehicle subsidies, the high costs lead to extremely high prices, resulting in poor sales.
But as long as it points out the direction for domestic car companies to take the new energy route and overtake others, it is worthwhile.
History has long proven that what China has no shortage of is talent, and where there is talent, there is creativity.
Therefore, as long as the direction is right, a large influx of talent and capital will inevitably lead to the rapid rise of domestic cars.
As long as one domestic car company rises to prominence, or one domestic car model sells well.
Joint venture car companies will be more cautious and will not dare to be too arrogant and treat consumers like韭菜 (leeks, a metaphor for exploiting consumers) to recklessly harvest them.
In order to win market competition and to make money and survive.
They wouldn't dare use outdated technology, downgraded vehicles, inflated prices, or arrogant service to deal with consumers.
not to mention……
Having transmigrated and with the assistance of a system, Zhao Ruilong doesn't just want to be a guiding light for domestically produced cars.
The goal is to enable the Handong Province, under the leadership of my father, to develop a high-quality economy, thereby achieving outstanding political achievements and making great strides forward.
In addition to electronic information, network communication, high-speed rail, medical devices, aerospace and so on.
New energy vehicles, which can drive the development of many upstream and downstream industries, should be developed in every possible way.
The automobile is the culmination of industrial innovation.
The thousands of parts, large and small, require close collaboration among hundreds of companies across different industries.
From the metal body to the windows, from the instrument panel lights to the seat screens, from the battery and motor to the wheel suspension...
This is an extremely large industrial chain that can cover almost all industrial sectors.
Therefore, any industrial powerhouse is inevitably a powerhouse in the automotive industry.
A country with a strong automobile industry is also likely to be an industrial powerhouse.
Handong Province needs to eliminate a large number of low-end and outdated production capacities and achieve industrial transformation and upgrading.
Naturally, it is necessary to concentrate talent, capital, and technology in high-end manufacturing.
The number of scattered and disorganized metallurgical and chemical plants that endanger public health and the ecological environment is decreasing.
This has led to an increasing number of modern factories producing various high-value-added industrial products.
This is the transformation and upgrading from a major industrial country to a manufacturing powerhouse!
Zhao Ruilong has gone to great lengths to build high-quality new energy vehicles.
Not only did they invest huge sums of money, but they also coordinated the participation of numerous research institutions and military enterprises.
During the research, testing and production process, they patiently taught and guided us, almost step by step.
For example, how should the exterior and interior be designed to be more stylish and attractive, so that it can amaze the world as soon as it is unveiled?
In this process.
Many people didn't understand, but Zhao Ruilong insisted on pursuing excellence despite all the objections.
What's so great about testing a car door?
Why can't we use concealed door handles to reduce wind resistance and energy consumption?
Why use mechanical door handles and still test whether they can open quickly after a violent impact?
The engineers clearly did not realize the severity of the consequences if a new energy vehicle were to explode and burn after a collision, preventing the driver and passengers from escaping quickly.
That would not only be a human tragedy resulting in car crashes and deaths, but it would also severely damage consumer confidence in purchasing new energy vehicles and give competitors a reason to attack and ridicule.
Therefore, Zhao Ruilong, as a time traveler, naturally did not want to repeat the same mistakes.
I don't want to repeat the mistakes that domestic car companies made in the world I traveled to before.
That's why.
Zhao Ruilong didn't believe that he had invested heavily in building cars and had avoided many detours and mistakes.
The new energy vehicles that were ultimately produced not only failed to shock the world, but also suffered dismal sales.
"Seriously? Why are you two up so early today?"
Second sister Zhao Xiaohui, unable to hide her surprise, quickly went downstairs.
"I got up early, but Dad just got back!"
As he spoke, Zhao Ruilong pointed to the table, where there was still more than half a pot of glutinous rice balls left.
"You've come at the perfect time. Try the meat-filled glutinous rice balls I made. Dad ate ten and said they tasted especially good."
"It's really good. I used to eat sweet glutinous rice balls, but suddenly eating meat-filled ones feels quite nice."
As soon as Zhao Lichun finished speaking, he couldn't help but yawn.
Even young people get sleepy after staying up all night, let alone someone who is over fifty and not young anymore.
"Dad, you should go get some sleep!"
Zhao Xiaohui pulled up a chair and sat down. "Oh, by the way, did the fire last night cause any casualties?"
"How could a premeditated fire possibly cause casualties?"
After shaking his head and sighing, Zhao Lichun got up and went back to his room to rest.
"What were you talking about with Dad?"
Zhao Xiaohui ladled out a large bowl of glutinous rice balls and looked at Zhao Ruilong with curiosity.
"After talking about the fire and how some people can complete the Guangming Peak project faster and more cost-effectively, we talked for a while about our new energy vehicles. Dad is quite worried that if we sell more than 500,000 units, the sales will be dismal!"
As Zhao Ruilong spoke, he checked his phone's text messages.
Before I traveled through time, I disliked holidays because of the need to exchange New Year's greetings.
Especially when sending greetings to clients, you can't just plagiarize or copy others' messages, otherwise it won't be sincere enough.
What about now?
As the heir apparent of Handong, he doesn't need to send money to others.
But I was bombarded with New Year's greetings from countless people.
So much so that when I opened my text message inbox, I spent a long time scrolling through it and found all sorts of well wishes...
If I were to reply to everyone, I probably wouldn't be able to do anything else today.
If I think something important is going on, I definitely won't just send a text message.
Zhao Ruilong simply deleted everything.
"More than 500,000 Ruilong cars! Not only is Dad worried about poor sales, but I'm also a little worried."
"Such a large sum of money, let alone in the central and western regions, would be enough to buy a decent apartment in Beijing, Tianjin, or Shenzhen."